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And the ARIA goes to Martin/Molloy!

This year the Australian Recording Industry Awards (ARIAs) are celebrating 25 years of the celebratory achievements that the Australian Music Industry as given to Australia. Beginning in 1987, the awards were handed out similar to the Logies, but to musicians, producers, writers for their hard work and sales of record albums and achievements. Between 1995 …

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The Late Show gets the Bergamui Bronze

A nostaglic past to 1992 (like everything on this site) and we dive into an old issue of TV Hits magazine. As voted by readers, The Late Show sits in at Bergamui Number 3, beating the little fat kid from Hey Dad..! and a few others. The listing is as follows (don’t forget, it was 1992!) …

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Joy Of Sets: Out with a Bang!

The final episode of The Joy Of Sets has now been and gone. A total number of 225,000 ‘weekend listeners’ tuned in for the slaughtering of Warwick Capper‘s meat and two veg being shot off by a machine gun, while the show finally got the ending credit roll at the end with an amusing montage …

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Joy Of Sets: The Final Curtain or Begging for a Second Series?

In the eighth and final installment of The Joy Of Sets, Tony and Ed look at. The end. That’s it. Oh, the show is about looking at the end of shows finishing. Whether it’s speculation of a second series renewal but no word from the ‘upper management’, to wrapping up a long winded series, to go …

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People Want Ducks!

Four years on since the axing of Tony Martin‘s highly successful radio show Get This, and people still want ducks. Photo proof: That is all.

Joy of Sets: Episode 7 Ratings

What else could go wrong with The Joy Of Sets on Tuesday night? 222,000 – down 20,000 from last week, but still higher than Episode 5 . One right up the bracket, anyone? Anyway, it was extremely pleasant and rib-tickling to see the legendary Pete Smith make an appearance, especially announcing old Martin/Molloy and Get This …

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Joy of Sets: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

When you’ve finished watching Dufflecoat Supreme recover after winning the Melbourne Cup with a case of gout, stay awake to watch episode 7 of The Joy Of Sets on Channel 9  at 10:30pm tonight. In this themed episode “What Could Possibly Go Wrong?” Tony Martin and Ed Kavalee break down the ever-growing list of television bombs …

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Mick Molloy Embassador for ‘The Elevenses’

Source: theelevenses.org In a combat to fight third world hunger, Mick Molloy has been enlisted to be the embassador for The Elevenses. The Elevenses is not a movement or campaign, but a project to raise funds to help those facing malnutrition and disease in the Horn of Africa. The rules are simple – donate $11AU by …

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Joy of Sets: Episode 6 ratings

The ratings are in for this week’s sixth episode of The Joy Of Sets – “Who Killed Warwick Capper?”. Since being bumped out of 9pm to the ‘special time’ 10:30pm timeslot last week, ratings have slightly improved from 191,000 (episode 5 with new time) to 242,000 (episode 6). While not Yasmin’s Getting Married type of ratings, it shows that …

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Mick Molloy joins Triple M Brisbane

Source: Triplem.com.au After finishing his stint with Triple M Sydney’s The Grill Team this year, Mick Molloy has decided to move his golden tonsils up further the east coast of Australia to the other breakfast show – Triple M Brisbane’s The Grill Team. While still co-hosting Triple M Melbourne’s Hot Breakfast with Eddie McGuire, Mick will be …

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